Article: STOCK VALUES OF CITY-BASED FIRMS DOWN 16.6 PERCENT / FOR FIRST NINE MONTHS

A 16.6 percent drop in market value has been recorded for the first nine months of 1986 by The Journal Record Portfolio of 30 Oklahoma City-based publicly-held firms, including a 10 percent drop in September.

The September drop was the Portfolio's second largest monthly decline this year. It was larger than September declines by national barometers of stock activity and The Tulsa Business Journal Portfolio.

For the first three quarters of 1986, only the major barometers have exhibited higher values.

- The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 6.9 percent in September but was up 14.3 percent for the first nine months.

- The Standard and Poors 500 dropped 8.5 percent in September but has been ...

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